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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

The
article I have posted below is that of military expenditure incurred by some
countries. The amount that is spent by a nation’s military in a given year is
their military expenditure.The figures
have been presented under US dollar so that it may be understood by people from
all over the world. The numbers can vary greatly year by year based on the
changing exchange rates and the situation of the country. It should be noted
that this money could have been put to use elsewhere. Believe me; you will be
amazed to know the rank of Saudi Arabia among the countries with highest defense
budget or military spending. On average, the entire world spends $1.8 trillion
on the military spending every year. Entire world can eat 3 times out of this
huge money.

List
of Countries by Military Spending

United States: The country which spends the
most money on their military is the United States of America. The military
expenditure came in at $581 billion in 2014. Those who may not know how many
zeros there are in this number, the numeric denomination of this would be $581,000,000,000.
Most of us would never in our lifetimes see this amount of money. Many people
do not even realize what all so much money could buy. With this amount of money
people could buy 683,529,411 unlocked, 128 GB Iphone 6’s which cost $850 each, and
still be left with some change. You can even buy 4.3 million 2014 model Mercedes G class SUV’s and again be left
with a lot of spare change.

China: Second on this list is
China with a military budget of $129.4 billion. Although this is significantly
lesser than the previous country’s budget, it is still a lot of money. The
numeric denomination would be 129,400,000,000. With this amount of money you
could easily feed 688,297,872 people in china for a whole month of 31 days. We
can even purchase 205,396,825 Ipad Airs 2’s which retails at $630 per piece.

Saudi Arabia comes in at number 3 on
this list with a military budget of $80.8 billion. The numeric denomination for
this is 80,800,000,000. In this amount of money 393,643 Ferrari California’s can be bought. In the same amount
95,058,823 top of the line Iphone6’s can be bought.

Russia: At number 4 we have Russia
with a military budget of $70 billion in 2014. The numeric denomination of this
amount would be 70,000,000,000. This same amount could have been invested into
the economy. It could have bought 418,060,201 people food for the entire month.

India: Then we have India whose
military budget for 2014 was $45.2 billion or 45,200,000,000. This same amount
could have been invested into their economy. Some might argue that the economy
is already growing, but it is not growing at pace with its population. This is
evident in the large slums found in the country and the many people living in
poverty. This amount of money could have been used to feed 450,899,805 or 45
billion people for an entire month. The same amount of money could have bought
11,495,861 maruti Suzuki alto 800s.

Pakistan:Finally we have Pakistan,
who has a military budget of $10.9 billion or 10,900,000,000. This same amount
could have definitely been used in the economy which was left in shambles after
some poor governance and a string of terrorist attacks which plagued the
country. This could have also helped feed 119,689,467 needy and hungry people
for a month. That’s half the population of the country.Pakistan is not in the
list of even top 15 countries but since most of the readers of this blog are
related to Pakistan, so we are adding it here.